ISA Interchange

Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

How to Cut New Construction Project Costs Using Smart Transmitter Technology

This guest post is authored by Phil Ng, senior product marketing manager at Honeywell Process Soluti...
Contributing Authors May 4, 2015 10:42:04 AM

How to Achieve a Successful Industrial Automation Project Outcome

This post was authored by Tim Green, manager of commissioning services at Endress+Hauser and formerl...
Contributing Authors Apr 8, 2015 10:42:52 AM

What are the Challenges of Process Plant Upgrade Projects?

This post was authored by Tim Green, manager of commissioning services at Endress+Hauser and formerl...
Contributing Authors Apr 1, 2015 10:42:14 AM

The Industrial Automation Challenge: Finding Opportunity in Obsolescence

This post was authored by Paul J. Galeski, CEO and founder of MAVERICK Technologies, a Rockwell Auto...
Contributing Authors Mar 23, 2015 10:42:23 AM

Production Line and Machine Upgrades Improve Productivity and Efficiency

This excerpt is from the July/August 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Bill Lydon, In...
Bill Lydon Feb 23, 2015 10:42:39 AM

How to Integrate Multigenerational Industrial Automation Systems

This post was written by Chad Harper, senior director of technology for MAVERICK Technologies, a Roc...
Contributing Authors Feb 11, 2015 10:42:05 AM

Integrating DCS I/O to an Existing PLC

This post was authored by Debashis Sadhukhan, process controls system manager at NASA, and John Mihe...
Contributing Authors Dec 29, 2014 10:42:49 AM

Consider the Big Picture When Justifying an Automation Project

This guest post was written by Roy Kok, vice president of sales and marketing at Ocean Data Systems.
Contributing Authors Oct 30, 2013 10:42:16 AM

Always Design in Spare Capacity to Allow for Industrial Plant Expansion

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Feb 15, 2013 10:00:06 AM

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